Biological Sciences

Our friends at New Zealand Christians in Science are hosting a conference in late August, and would love to see some Aussies there! Why not visit the lovely southern island and listen to talks by Prof. Barbara Rossing and A/Prof. Andrew Gosler?

For more information about this conference, take a look at this flyer, or at the NZCIS site.

The book "Am I Just My Brain" is out now. Science and Belief has published a series of excerpts from the book, such as: 

"I will never forget the day I saw a human brain removed from a corpse. At that moment, I was already very familiar with the human brain, having spent years imaging and studying it. Yet, this experience was different altogether.

Our friends at St Thomas' Burwood are hosting a panel discussion on the complex subject of legalised assisted dying.

Chaired by Michael Dowling, the panel will feature:

Prof David Clarke, psychiatrist
Rev Barbara Colliver, hospital chaplain
Dr Rachel Carling, Board member of the Australian Care Alliance, Right to Life and previously a member of the Legislative Council
Dr Denise Cooper-Clarke, medical ethicist
Dr Adrian Dabscheck, palliative care physician

The UN announced this week that 1 million species face extinction in the foreseeable future if we do not act.

Eternity News covers the report here, with comments from ISCAST fellow Professor Mike Clarke, professor of Zoology and head of the School of Life Sciences at La Trobe University.